07/14/2007 01:24 PM

Does Anyone Know of a cd with Portuguese Kids Songs? Or would someone like to sing a couple of songs for us?

Teresa wrote: I would love to buy a cd with all those Portuguese nursery rhymes. I have been trying to search on the net and I just can not find anything. Any ideas on how to get the cd with songs featured in your home page. Thanks Teresa I found a couple of Portuguese Children’s cd’s on CD Baby. [...]

01/31/2007 05:11 PM

Looking for a Portuguese Saying or Nursery Rhyme for a Baby Shower

I received this note yesterday: Hi, I was wondering if anyone could suggest a nursery rhyme, song or quite from a classic children’s book that is in Portuguese. I am doing my sister-in-law’s baby shower invite and would love to put something like this on there, in her language. Thank you If anyone can help out, please comment below. Thanks! Lisa [...]

01/24/2007 01:01 PM

International Scouting Campfire Songs - Can you send us one from your country?

Larraine wrote to me looking for Scouting Campfire Songs from around the world. Here’s what she wrote, followed by my response with some suggested songs and sites to go to for help: Dear Mama Lisa, It has been suggested that I contact you with my request. I am the sketch producer of “The Live Wyre [...]

01/06/2007 08:35 PM

How to Find Sheet Music, Tunes and MP3’s on Mama Lisa’s World

In addition to this blog, I also host Mama Lisa’s World. Mama Lisa’s World is a large collection of children’s songs and rhymes from countries all around the globe. Matt, a music teacher from Rhode Island, wrote a question to me, the other day, about Mama Lisa’s World: Hey Mama, I love the concept of your site. [...]

12/22/2006 10:39 AM

Free Online Language Dictionaries

While I have this link at hand, I’d like to recommend www.freedict.com. It’s a site devoted to free online language dictionaries. You can translate between English and the following languages: Afrikaans Danish Dutch Finnish French Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Latin Norwegian Portuguese Russian Spanish Swahili Swedish I find that it can usually succeed at translating the words I need. Feel free to recommend other language dictionaries that you like in the [...]

10/21/2006 04:15 PM

Portuguese Lullaby - NANA, NENE

Here’s a lullaby in Portuguese (possibly from Brazil), with an English translation… Nana, nenè, na casa do vovo, vovô no tien cochão, o nenè dorme no chão Sleep, baby At grandpa’s house Grandpa doesn’t have a mattress The baby sleeps on the ground. If anyone knows the tune and can send me a recording, midi or sheet music, please email me. I also [...]

02/16/2006 10:25 PM

Mama Paquita a Brazilian Carnival Song

The Carnival in Brazil is held during the days before Ash Wednesday, which is the start of Lent. Here’s a Brazilian folk song about the Carnival called Mama Paquita. James sent this song in English… Mama Paquita Mama Paquita, Mama Paquita, Mama Paquita, buy your baby a papaya A ripe papaya and a banana, A ripe papaya that your [...]